Child Mental Health Assessments

Our assessments and resources support children’s mental health across areas such as depression, trauma, ADHD and ASD. For more information and support on Cognition, please visit our Cognition homepage. 

 

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Mental Health

Mental health in children and young people

Beck Youth Inventories™ - Second Edition For Children and Adolescents (BYI-II)

Evaluate children's and adolescents' emotional and social impairment 

Children's Depression Inventory 2 (CDI 2)

Measures cognitive, affective, and behavioural signs of depression 

Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ)

A self-report inventory that can be administered to adolescents and adults to provide reliable, valid screening for a history of abuse and neglect 

Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV)

Based on the widely-used PCL-R for assessing adult psychopathy, the PCL:YV helps identify potential patterns of cheating, fighting, bullying and other antisocial acts in adolescents and teenagers. 

Millon™ Adolescent Clinical Inventory-II (MACI-II)

Developed specifically for teens and adolescents to assess mental health and behaviour concerns

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent Restructured Form™ (MMPI-A-RF™)

Up-to-date, empirically based personality assessment for use with adolescents 

Millon Pre-Adolescent Clinical Inventory (M-PACI)

Identify psychological problems in pre-adolescent children 

Anxiety and Depression

Beck Depression Inventory, Second Edition (BDI-2)

Assess patients diagnosed as depressed and detect depression

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Measure the severity of anxiety in adolescents

Children's Depression Inventory 2 (CDI-2)

A comprehensive multi-rater assessment of depressive symptoms in youth

Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, Second Edition (MASC-2)

Assesses the presence of symptoms related to anxiety disorders in youth aged 8 to 19 years

Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, Second Editon (RCMAS-2)

Detect anxiety in children 6 to 19 years

Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents (RSCA)

Profile personal strengths, as well as vulnerability in children and adolescents

Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition (BASC-3)

Understand the emotions and behaviours of children and adolescents. 

BASC-3 BESS Behavioral and Emotional Screening System

Brief, universal screening system for measuring behavioural and emotional strengths and weaknesses 

BASC-3 Flex Monitor

A computer-based collection, scoring, and reporting system that will enable users to track behavioural progress over time 

BASC-3 Parenting Relationship Questionnaire (BASC-3 PRQ)

Designed to capture a parent's perspective on the parent-child relationship. 

Brown Executive Function/ Attention Scales (Brown EF/A)

Measures DSM-5 symptoms of ADHD along with less apparent impairments of executive functioning from 3 years +. 

Conners 4th Edition (Conners 4)

Provides a comprehensive assessment of symptoms and impairments associated with ADHD and common co-occurring problems

Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales (Conners CBRS)

Use the Conners CBRS to assess a wide spectrum of behaviours, emotions, and academic problems in today’s youth.

Conners Early Childhood (Conners EC)

Monitor early childhood development in a preschool setting 

Social Skills Improvement System Social-Emotional Learning Edition (SSIS SEL)

A comprehensive, evidence-based, social-emotional learning system

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI-R)

Diagnose autism, plan treatment and distinguish autism from other developmental disorders 

Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition: ADOS-2

Accurately assess and diagnose autism spectrum disorders

Autism Spectrum Rating Scales (ASRS)

Measure behaviours associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) 

Childhood Autism Rating Scale - Second Edition (CARS2)

Covers the entire spectrum, including Asperger's Syndrome 

Gilliam Autism Rating Scale - Third Edition (GARS-3)

The GARS-3 assists teachers, parents and clinicians in identifying autism in individuals and estimating its severity. 

Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition (SRS-2)

Completed in just 15 to 20 minutes, the SRS-2 identifies social impairment associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and quantifies its severity